Most of the Gooseberry Patch cookbooks are hard-cover, but did not originally have dustjackets. They are comb-bound hardcovers. So if the RC says something like, "Dust jackets required on hardcovers, except for Gooseberry Patch books", that makes sense. If the book requested was a hardcover fiction novel that originally had a dust jacket, the RC is requiring that the dust jacket be included.

What Christa said. Although sometimes Gooseberry Patch books can be softcover, and there are a few that do have dust jackets. Without knowing the RC it's hard to say what she wanted, but my best guess would be that one.

Becky- just the opposite it seemed very specific if not simple (and confusing). It said something to the like of (bold) Please read before declining.(end of bold) I will accept only hardcover books with book jackets unless they are Gooseberry Patch. Those do not have to have a book jacket even if they came with one. Of course if the book came with a book jacket I want the book jacket. I understand that it will not be brand new and that some books come from a used book store. Thank you.

Thanks everyone who replied I thought maybe it was a special publisher or the like.

guess i'm in luck because my novel is a hardback and has a perfectly good dust jacket!!!!!